Spirit and Jewel look set to sparkle at Sha Tin May 2, 2025 YOU CAN bet your bottom dollar plenty of Sunday racegoers at Sha Tin will be scrambling to put some of their hard earned on SPIRIT OF PEACE in the second division of the Cox’s Handicap (9.40am) over seven furlongs. The John Size-trained son of Harry Angel looks a winner without a penalty following his desperately [...]
Everstar looks to hold Solid chance for Tsui at the Valley April 29, 2025 IT HAS not been easy for bettors at Happy Valley in the last couple of weeks, with only a couple of winning favourites obliging in 18 races. If favourite backers are looking for some respite on the midweek Valley card, they should be forewarned. Racing takes place on the tricky C+3 track, where the width [...]
Purton ready to Strike and complete The Azure Mission April 29, 2025 FOLLOWING the FWD Champions Day extravaganza at Sha Tin last Sunday it is back to some normality for Hong Kong racing fans today when Happy Valley hosts a nine-race card starting at 11.40am. While all the headlines were about superstar sprinter Ka Ying Rising, Japanese champion Tastiera and shock Champions Mile winner Red Lion on [...]
Legends J-Mac and Williams have Super chances at Sha Tin April 25, 2025 WORLD-CLASS Australian jockey Craig Williams is the man to follow on the supporting card at Sha Tin when he climbs aboard highly progressive INVINCIBLE SHIELD in the FWD Insurance Bocom Handicap (7.15am), over seven furlongs. Williams and former champion trainer Francis Lui have already tasted success at the top table in Hong Kong this season, [...]
Reve can chase home Sha Tin sprint king Ka Ying April 25, 2025 ALL EYES of the racing world will be focused on Hong Kong on Sunday morning when Sha Tin hosts one of the major events in the racing calendar, FWD Champions Day, featuring three International Group One races worth in excess of £7 million in prize money. Expect the whole city to come to a standstill [...]
Legend and Sugar to give Fownes sweet Valley success April 22, 2025 HONG Kong racing fans have plenty to look forward to today when Happy Valley hosts another action-packed nine-race programme starting at 11.40am. Trainer Caspar Fownes’ title challenge may have stalled in recent weeks, but the proclaimed ‘King of the Valley’ to his many thousands of fans can still get them ready at his favourite venue. [...]
Newnham in Flying form as he seeks another winning Moment April 22, 2025 MARK Newnham’s stable will be looking for a confidence booster at Happy Valley before their stable star My Wish steps onto the turf for his date with destiny in the FWD Group One Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Newnham has been a regular visitor to the winners’ circle all season, having struck the [...]
Bundle ready to Award Size and Purton another win April 18, 2025 HONG Kong racegoers can look forward to a mixed bag of racing at Sha Tin on Sunday, where action will be divided between five races on the all-weather surface and five on the turf track. Although the title charge by the John Size stable has slowed down in recent weeks – he sent out 13 [...]
Atzeni’s Star can rise further aboard South April 18, 2025 WITH an impressive total of 13 winners in the past month, there is no jockey in Hong Kong, Zac Purton included, who is riding better than former UK pilot Andrea Atzeni. The 34-year-old Sardinian-born rider, presently sitting third in the jockeys’ championship table with 43 wins, is guaranteed to surpass last season’s best total of [...]
So Knows Heart can Embrace challenge from the Valley April 15, 2025 IN THE Chamomile Handicap (3.50pm) over the extended mile, useful handicapper EMBRACES has a great opportunity to bounce back to winning form with his regular pilot Jerry Chau back in the saddle. The Cody Mo-trained four-year-old has made the frame in his last half-dozen races, including a course-and-distance victory back in December, and another success [...]
